The Labor leader seemed shocked as dozens of screeching teenage girls surrounded him during a visit to St Joseph’s Catholic College, East Gosford on the NSW Central Coast.

Mr Shorten visited the school in the marginal electorate of Robertson, with Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Senator Kristina Keneally and local Labor candidate Anne Charlton, to launch his Fair Go for the Central Coast plan.

But there was chaos once Mr Shorten entered the quadrangle, with a huge mob of girls clambering to get close to him.

Seasoned photographers and cameramen had nothing on this group of iPhone-wielding youngsters. The media pack could only get out of the way as the girls fought to get close enough to snap a picture, or give Mr Shorten a high-five.